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Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
Nodular pattern( ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung cysts ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... Nodular LCH: - Sarcoidosis ... central dot. - LIP #Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left radiological pathological correlation of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in respectively nodular stage and early
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... in respectively nodular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pathology #CTChest #Microscopy ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... multiple thick walled cysts ... (LAM): regular cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left another case of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.
It started as small noduli, which progressed over
started as small noduli ... to cavitating nodules ... bizarre shaped cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an uncommon disease characterised by multiple cysts in patients with nicotine abuse.
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... patients show only nodules ... #Clinical #Radiology ... LangerhansCellHistiocytosis #LCH #Nodular ... #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in Langerhans cell histiocytosis:
Early stage:
- Small irregular or stellate nodules in centrilobular location.
Late stage
irregular or stellate nodules ... with small nodules ... There are no cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
patterns: reticular, nodular ... Langerhans cell histiocytosis ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant